299 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Primula—continued. 
Fig. 281, PRIMULA SINENSIS. 
edges and hairy surface. h. Qin. China, 1820. Greenhouse, 
See Fig. 281. (B. M. 2564; H. E. F. 105; L. B. C. 916, 1926: 
L. C. $ 7; R. G. 1861, 346.) SYN. P. prænitens (B. R. 539). Of 
this now ve meta er A wn species, a considerable number 
of varieties, differing both in foliage and flower characters, have 
Fic. 282. PRIMULA SINENSIS FLORE-PLENO, 
originated in gardens. There is a good strain of double forms, 
oath a rather large range of colour variation. One is repre- 
sented in Fig. 282, 
bilis (showy). f. deep rosy-purple, six to eight in an 
1; scape 3in. to din. high. July. 4. elliptic, thick and 
fleshy, with entire, cartilaginous margins. h. 4in. Eastern Alps, 
. 
P. s 
P. 
um! 
Wulfeniana (Wulfen’s).* A form with more pointed 
leaves than those of the type. See Fig. 283. 
P. Steinii (Stein’s).* /. bright purple, very shortly stalked. 
April and May. l —— toothed. ‘AY dsome 
hybrid (of which P. minima is one of the parents), of very dwarf, 
densely-tufted habit. (R. G. 991, f. 1-3.) 
P. Stuartii (Stuart’s).* f. rich golden-yellow, in many-flowered 
umbels, Summer. /. nearly lft. long, broadly Tedin li; smooth 
above, mealy below, sharply serrated. A. 9in. to 18in. Northéfn 
India, 1845. A handsome and vigorous-growing species, requiring 
a good, light, and deep soil. Fig. 284. (B. M. 4356.) 
suffrutescens 
eye, lin. in i l, narrow, 
P. sub-shrubby). -purple, with 
—— saan a yellow 
Primula—continued. 
t thulate, 14in. to 2in. long, toothed at the apex. Stems 
pera sernenling, pene hee woody. California, 1884. A pretty 
rockwork plant. 
Fig, 283. PRIMULA SPECTABILIS WULFENIANA. 
P. tyrolensis (Tyrol). See P, Allionii, 
Fie. 284. PRIMULA STUARTH, showi 
Habit, detached 
Inflorescence, and Single 
ower, 
P, variabilis (variable), of Goupil. A hybrid plant, which not 
unfrequently occurs wild in Britain, in company with its two 
—— the Primrose and the Cowslip. It is often taken for 
he true Oxlip (P. elatior). See Fig, 285. 
P. venusta (charming). i. purple ; corolla thrice as long as the 
calyx ; in shorter than the pedicels ; scape glabrous. 
April. & te, dentate, serrate, or almost entire, glabrous on 
both surfaces. h. 3in. Hungary, 1833. (B. R. 1983.) 
P. veris (spring). A synonym of P. oficinalis. 
P, verticillata simensis (whorled, Simen).* ff. yellow ; scape 
bearing two or three tiers or whorls of flowers, the stalks of which 
measure some 2in. in length; the whorls provided with spreading, 
leafy bracts, those in the lower whorls being the largest, measur- 
ing 4in. to 5in. long, and 1jin. broad; corolla salver-shaped, with 
a tube nearly 2in. long, dilated at the upper extremity, the 
lobes notel Spring. Jl. oblong-lanceolate, 8in. to 10in. long, 
covered with white, mealy powder, especially on the lower sur- 
face, irregularly dentate. h. lft. to ait. Abyssinia, 
very desirable, greenhouse species. (B. M. 6042.) Syn. P. Courtii. 
P, villosa (villous). A synonym of P. viscosa. 
P. viscosa (clammy).* fi. rosy-purple}) with a 
posed in scid rola. 
gashed, the tube twice as long as 
sc 
white eye, dis- 
> lobes cordate, 
umbels on vi Co 
bell-shaped calyx. Early 
